Dwell-motion mechanism.



A. CALLESQN. DWELI. MOTION MECHANISIVI. Ig

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. l9|7.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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A. CALLESON. DWELL NIUTION MECHANISM. APPucAnoN FILED MAR. so, |917.

Patented Apr. .1918.

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WITNESS AMOS CALLESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR '1h13l ADRIANCEV MACHINE WORKS, INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. i

DWELL-IVIOTION MECI-ANISM.

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original appiieatin flied March ao, i916, seriai no. `87,805. Divided and this appiicanon inea March so,

seriai No. 15eme. i i

To all ilo/wm it may concern:

Be it known that L'Airos Gunnison, a citizen of the United States, residing rat Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful 'lvlechanisms7 of which the following isl a specification. l

This application constitutes a division of my application for patent for-a bottle filling and sealing machine filed `March 30, 19116, Serial No. 87,805. The present invention is a` novel dwell-motion ,mechanism designed especially with a view to produce dwells of variable extent. It is herein illustrated in connection `with a bottle filling and sealing machine, in which instance it useful to afford pauses of varying duration `so that the machine may be adapted to lill bottles of different sizes; but it maybe used in connection with any `machine in the cycle of operation of which a `dwell is desired. l

In the accompanying drawings, 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a bottle sealingmachine containing the improved dwell inotionniechanisni;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewon approximately the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 1 are views respectively showing the lever 184 in planland in side elevation;

Figs. 5, 6 `and 7 are sid-ej and.opposite `peripheral elevationsof the driving member of the said mechanism; f

Figs. 8 and 9 are side elevations of `cams included in the driven member of suc mechanism; l 1

Figs. 10a, 10b and 10c respectively .show in end elevation, side elevation and Vplan the l bolt 139-;

Figs. 11 and 12 are a side elevation and a plan, partly in section, of a modification of said mechanism; and,

elevation; and Fig. 14 furtherillustrates saidmodilication, certain parts appearing in section, as in Fig. 12, and othersin plan, partly broken away.y

In the bottle lillingand sealin-gmachine herein used vfor illustrating .one yadaptation of my invention the bottles are advanced step by step, on `a rotary turret a, to position beneath a filling sealing head b which is carried by a suitable structure o Specification of Letters Patent.

Improvements in Dwell-Motion l Patented Apr. 311,191.

arranged to reciprocate, vertically, over the turret a, sliding in ways suitably formed at the front of a housing CZ.

T his machine, which is fully described in my application hereinbefore designated, is'

adapted to fill and seal. bottles varying in capacity, for example, one-fourth pints, onehalf pints, pints and quarts, which `of course involves `filling periods that vary, more or less as these quantitiesvary.` Instead lof l slowing down or `speeding up ,the machine accordingas thefilling period of .the run of bottles to be filled is long or short, i. e., ao-

Cording as the bottles to be filled are large or small, the speed of the machine remains sealing head and bottle head into ,copera tive relation for sealing andA `apply the Closureand then an.,upward or recovery movement-is interrupted during the downward movement by a dwell commensurate 'in ,extent with that of the filling period for" the particular size of bottles being handledk and occurring between the bringing of the bottle and sealing `head together and the closure applying operation. Describing the present invention, now, with reference 'tothe actuation of the structure c by Yway of example;

T hedrive shaft 123 (Figs, 1l and is equipped with aworni 124 meshing withrthe worm portion 125 .of a rotary member including a clutch 126 freely revoluble on a transverse shaft 127. fShaftsg123 and 127 are journaled in the housing `Fixed on the shaft 127V arethe following elementsf` a Fig. 13 shows the controller 159a in side i clutch member 130, spaced peripheral cams 131 and a barrel cani 132.. Onf a `shaft 133 lof the two camsll, having rollerslla bearingthereon and a fork 1349 (Figs.

and 4t) engaging the structure c. In suitable bearings in the `housing is 4:yournaled a vertical shaft 13.5 which, when` oscillated, operates through means not shown to advance the turret a step by step to position the bottles successively under the structure c, or main slide, the same having a crank 138 equipped with a roller 138a (Fig. 2) engag- 5 ing in the groove of the barrel cam 132.

Assuming the shaft 127 to be rotated at constant speed, the relation of the cam 132 to the cams 131 is such that when the latter elevate the main slide the former causes the turret to advance one step to position a bottle under the sealing headb. The cams 131 are formed with oppesite neutral or concentric portions 131a (Figs. 8 and 9) which cause a dwell in the descent of the main slide that is sufficient to permit the filling (through the head b) of bottles having the smallest capacity-standard, e., one-fourth pints. For Vfilling bottles of greater capacity-standard the said dwell in. the present machine is increased .by bringing to a standstill the shaft 1 27 (and the other elements on said. shaft which actuate the moving parts of the machine) to which the cams 131 are fixed. n rlfhis is accomplished, in a way to permit `the dwell to be of variable extent, as follows: Clutch member 130 (which in the present instance is formed integral with the left-hand cam 131, (Fig. 2) contains a Vlatch 139 movable parallel with shaft 127 and normally pressed by a spring 140 contained in the housing 141 (Fig. 8) for the latch toward and into engagement with the,

adjoining face of clutch member 126, which has segmental pockets that are somewhat shallower at 142 than they are at 143 (Fig. 5). According as a latch retractor in the form of a knife 144 pivoted at 145 on a hori- Zonta] axis parallel with the shaft 127 (Figs. 1 and 2) is shifted into or out of the path of a beveled face 139a on the latch, so, assuming the latch to be locking the clutch members 126 and 130 together, it will withdraw the latch when it sweeps around (thus unlocking the clutch members), or leave it undisturbed. On a platform 7 8 of the housing and suitably retained in place by a cover plate 146 (Figs. 2 and 11) Vis arranged to slide parallel with the shaft 127 a block 147; its sliding movement may be effected by the lmanually operated screw 143 swiveled in the housing and having its threading engaged with the block and provided with a handle 1482". It carries a dog 149 springpressed against the periphery of the clutch member 126 and having freely penetrating it a laterally projecting pin 150 on the retractor 144. At'its left side the periphery of the clutch member 126 is continuous or circular, as at 126% but the remainderY of its periphery, somewhat Vreduced in diameter,

has in the present case two diametrically v opposite projections 126 extending each one-third of the distance toward the right side of the clutch member and two other diametrically opposite projections 126c and 126d (each 90o from each projection 126"), the former of which extends two-thirds of Said distance and the latter elea r to the right hand side of said member. lVhen the dog` is arranged so as to bear on surface 126n the knife will be held back, and clutch member 130, being therefore locked to clutch member 126 will, as also shaft 127 and all the mechanisms driven therefrom, be driven thereby, the dwell which occurs in. this case being only that produced by the cam surfaces 131". On shifting the dog the next stage to the right the dwell due to camsurfaees 131n will be augmented by a dwell due to actual stopping of the clutch member 130 and consequently shaft 127 and all parts operated from it, thus: The retraction of the latch is caused by its sweeping around against the knife when the latter is in the retracting position; and always, though the knife immediately be returned to that position after withdrawal to release the latch (to allow it to lock clutch member .130 to clutch member 126), the locked members must make one complete revolution before retraction can be again effected by the knife. In the position of lateral adjustment of they dog now assumed, the clutch member 130 will complete a cycle with clutch member 126 and come to a dwell, the knife being in latch-retracting position because at the end of the revolution the dog is not on a projection but on a low portion of the periphery of clutch member 126; in this the dog will have been repressed (withdrawing the knife) four times by the four projections (but, each time without effect on the latch, of course, because it is out of position to engage the knife). But on the repression of the dog next ensuing after inception of the dwell and consequent release of the latch the latter will enter that pocket 142-143 of clutch member 126 which happens to be opposite, locking the clutch members together for another complete cycle. The pockets are equally spaced and four iu number, so that after four idle impulses have been imparted to the knife by the projections and then, the latch being unlocked,

the fifth impulse occurs and the latch consequently resumes locking position, a dwell of a one-quarter revolution has occurred. On shifting the dog to the next stage the operation isthe same, except that since in this case only two projections 126" and 126i y t are operative the dwells are equal to onehalf a revolution. On shifting the dog to the next stage the operation is again the same, but results in dwells equal to a full revolution. In all cases, as Istated, one complete revolution of clutch member 130 (and all parts driven therefrom) intervenes between dwells due to retraction of the latch.

Thus, the machine is adapted, by manipulating screw 148, for the filling of, for inmechanism fis shown adaptedito effect dwells not onlyof 5,7, and 1 full revolution (for i half pints, pints anduquarts), but 011211, 1,15,

`and 2 full revolutions (for one and fonequarter, one and ones-half- `and two quart bottles) Here the worm wheel 151 has secured thereon byscre-ws, a clutch 1152havingipockets 153like-the pockets of c lutclir 126 already described; part 152 retainsiin place a ring 154 revoluble thereon. 151, 152 and 154001*- respond to the member including thevwormwheel 125 and clutch 126 already described, being likewise revoluble on shaft i127 g but in this case, as described vabove, thev peripheral part (154), which has .the peripheral continuous surface 154a and proj ections154" ble independently of the rest. The other clutch member, ,155,4 `isi-identical to clutch r 'ino' the sorinOf-aressed latch 156, corree l e l j .spending in every respect to latch 139.

Movable in -n'ie1nber 1514-152 parallel with; shaft 127 `is a latch 157 having its right-hand end.; engageable in a single n pocket 158 in the adjoining face of ring-154 and its left-hand end projecting and formed with van inwardly facing: notch 157a `whose inner side is formed by a spring-cushioned pin157".` r1`his notchreceives thewcontinuvousV exterior flange of ythe annular portion 159, embracing thelshaft, of a latch-controller including the thrust-piece 159D extending parallel 'with said shaft and slidi1 able in a'hole 160 penetrating the bearing 161 for the shaft andadapted to enter a recess ornotch162 inthe inner face of a camp29` (when said notch turns into coincidence therewith) under the pressure of a spring 163 housed in said bearing. `Measured in the degreesof va circle, recess 162 A is approximatelyVthe` same distance from latch 156 ,as knife `144 is from the thrust piece 159".of thelcontroller; Viewed from tlie^'l'eft,'shaft 127 rotates clockwise, and the right side of notch 162 issloping, form- Ving a cam, yas at 1624,14`ig. 14.` f

1t wi'llbe` apparent that if the ring 154 remains locked (by latch 157) to member 151-152, these parts then rotating-as one,

the operation would be the same as in the filling-time-centrol mechanism already described, e., there would be no augmented dwell, or a dwell of 34th, 1i or one full revolution, alternating with one full rotation of shaft 132, according as the dog 149 occupied the first, second, third or fourth positions, respectively, from the left with respect to the periphery of ring 154. e

. Assuming that dwells of 1g; revolution are to be produced (dog 149 being arranged to be struck by all four projections on ring '154, andmstarting wat :theV beginning i ofia dwell) `Recess i, 162` comes y.opposite the the pocket 158 `when member' \151--152;\has

\ completedv a revolution@ (Latch 156,inoreover, alsowas withdrawn when latch 157 was withdrawn, because knife 1441isthe Vsame number of (ilegrees ofv ai circle from lpart 159b of thecontrollenaszlatchi156'is from recess 162). i Having thus completed one idle revolution member `151-152 "picks i npthe ring'l54-,by its latch snapping into .pocket 15S, `and turns it. o This turning Vlikelthose of clutch member 131,'is revolul f causesone of theprojections. on theringto force back the knife, so that, in 'theaegular Y array, after' au quarter idle` revolutionyithe member 130, being fastlon theshaft and carlatch i 156 entering the adjacent ,pocket` in member155 picks 1113? the-latter. andfshaft 132 Iand-- causes lthem, (they: having now .been i standing at i dwell; while lmember i .1151+152 rotated revolution) L i to rotate until the ylatch .156iandfrecess 162 again comearound to the knifeand controllerinl. c afterper- :forming onecomplete krevolution. yThere upon the operation will be irepeated, giving alternate dwells i and` rotations ,of the shaft respectively `equal to 14 and one full revolution of thedriver- -151-152- Theoperm tion will. be substantiallyezthe samelif dog:

149 is arrangedto be kstruck by onetwo or only one of the projectionson the ring, ex-

cepting-that in those cases the:idle..mo\ie ment for one revolution of member i 151-,152

1iand 2 revolutions, respectively,A alternating withkrotations. of 4the shaft 127 each of one revolution.-

The @dog-149 will of Vcourse check Fthe ring 154i), by engagingrone-of lits projections,

after each-release ofthe ringbythe latch; Y but I 'prefer to provide i an auxiliary spring stop 164 to act substantiallyfin the same way and thus` insure against-the Aring` being r,withlrespect to the ringwill `give dwells of dragged around by friction, or otherwise,.

1 with the effect of withdrawingthe knife. and

so causing locking move-ment of latch 156 prematurely.

Ring 154 may be kept locked to member 151-152 by latch 157 by turning the keeper 165 into the full line (Fig. 11) position to prevent the latch-controller moving into recess 162 under pressure of spring 163.

It will be noted that each movement of the main slide c is the same, in point of time eX- pended in performing it, whether the ma# chine be adjusted for the filling of large or small bottles; only the intervening pauses are varied, according to the capacity-standard of the run of bottles being handled. A

given number of bottles above the minimum size can therefore be handled in the present machine more quickly than in machines heretofore devised, wherein in order to handle bottles varying in capacity-standard pauses of the proper extent Were obtained by changing the speed of the machine, i. e., so that as the pauses were changed in extent so the time to make each advance Was changed, and in the same proportion. v

Having thus fully described my invention, Whatl claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is zl. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and driven members having a releasable connection between them, the ttormer rotating at substantially constant speed, and means to control said connection, the driving member having means extending` around its axis to actnate the control means intermittently.

2. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and vdriven members having a releasable connection between them, the former rotating at substantially constant speed, `and means to control said connection, the driving member having means extending around its axis to actuate the control means around its axis to move the control means ont of said position intermittently.

l. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and driven members, the former rotating at substantially constant speed, a releasable connection normally interlocking said members, and means to control said connection normally arranged in but movable out oi position to release the same, the

driving member having means extending around its axis to move the control means out of said position at variable intervals.

5. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and driven members, the former having a projection or projections, a latch normally .interlocking said members, and latcli-retracting means normally held in, but engageable by said projection or projections to be thereby moved ont of, the path of rotation of the latch.

(i. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and driven members, the for mer including relatively revolnble parts one rotating at constant speed, a releasable connection normally interlocking said part and the driven member, means to control said connection, the other part of the driving` member having means to actuate the control means, and means to releasably interlock said parts.

7. A dwell-motion. mechanism including rotary driving and driven members, the former including relatively revoluble parts one rotating at constant speed, a releasable connection normally interlocking said part and the driven member, means, controlled by the Y driven member, to releasably interlock said Y parts at intervals.

8. A dwell-motion mechanism including` rotary driving and driven members, the lformer including relatively i'evoluble parts one rotating at constant speed, a releasable connection normally interlocking said part and the driven member, means to control said connection normally arranged in but movable out of position to release the same, the

Y other part of the driving member having Y means to move the control means out of said position, and means to alternately interlock and release said parts.

9. A dwell-motion mechanism including rotary driving and driven members, the former including relatively revoluble parts one rotating at constant speed, a releasable conr nection normally interlocking said part and AMOS CALLESON.

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